Bad Quotes

There are good books and there are bad books, period, that's the distinction.

If we have a great idea, we'll go, 'Oh, this could be a cool movie.' Or really for us, it's more like, 'Oh, this is a really bad idea. Let's do this. This seems really stupid.'

It always strikes me how almost unbelievably bad are the early versions of my novels.

I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither "good" or "bad", and who knows neither love nor hatred.

I have experienced healing through other writers' poetry, but there's no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, I'll write a bad poem.

Iraq is a country that has been invaded. It's not a failing state that you want to help. It's a country that was functioning good or bad, with a horrible dictator, but you have invaded.

The biggest lessons I've learned in life have probably come from a bad situation, from an angry situation, even if I wasn't the one who was angry.

If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.

People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar.

I've had one very bad ankle injury but otherwise I've been incredibly lucky with my fitness. I've worked hard at it and I've always been fit even compared to other players. That sustains you through various parts of your career, but I am 36.

The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.

Any team can have a bad century.

It feels bad to feel like you're not wanted.

There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful.

I'm bad at letting go of things.

I don't like the negative of reality tv - the 'you're no good, so you have to leave, I choose you, but I thought you really loved me.' It's all about how bad people are and I just hate that. I like Pimp my Ride where someone is helping somebody.

If you go to a bad movie, it's two hours. If you're in a bad movie, it's two years.

I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.

The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy.

I'm a really bad liar.

I think what I've actually achieved as a manager does sometimes get a bit overlooked, because all people think about is the media side of things. They tend to forget I've not done so bad.

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.

If it were bad songs, yeah, I'd speak up, but they're not bad songs.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know anything. If it's good I don't want to hear it; if it's bad I don't want to hear it. The only thing either thing can do is distract me. I like to stay focused.

The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits.

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.

In third grade, I was taking tap-dance lessons, and about six weeks before the recital I wanted to quit. My mom said, 'No, you're going to stay with it.' Well, I did it, and I was bad, too! But my parents never let their kids walk away from something because it was too hard.

If you want someone to show up and help you if something bad happens, you'd better tell someone where you're going. And of course I wanted someone to know - but I'd made a choice and it was a choice I was going to have to live with.

In and of itself, keeping the country safe for business is not a bad thing.